Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 60 75
Rank change year-on-year +4 +15 +23
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 12 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.41% 0.48% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 0.53% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 3
10th Percentile £373 - £449
25th Percentile £485 £513 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £645
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -18.60% +51.76%
75th Percentile £543 £538 -
90th Percentile £552 - -
South West median daily rate £538 £510 £523
% change year-on-year +5.39% -2.39% +16.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Test Scripting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 726 568 809
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 85.51% 90.02% 84.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 313 500
10th Percentile £273 £213 £286
25th Percentile £403 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £641
90th Percentile £750 £705 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 68 115
10th Percentile £16.22 £35.00 £37.00
25th Percentile £28.63 £58.94 £58.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.35% +9.35%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £78.13
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £84.15
South West median hourly rate £38.94 £65.00 £59.84
% change year-on-year -40.09% +8.62% -2.70%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Scripting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Bristol

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Bristol over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in Bristol

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) LAN
1 1 (8.33%) VoIP
1 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (83.33%) Cypress.io
1 10 (83.33%) Postman
1 10 (83.33%) REST Assured
1 10 (83.33%) Selenium
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Lead
2 8 (66.67%) QA Leader
3 4 (33.33%) Senior
4 3 (25.00%) Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Test Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Lead Test Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) QA Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Software Testing
1 10 (83.33%) Test Automation
1 10 (83.33%) Test Strategy
2 6 (50.00%) AI
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (8.33%) Agile
4 1 (8.33%) API Testing
4 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
4 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 1 (8.33%) Minimum Viable Product
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Smoke Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (83.33%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) Accessibility